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Gabriel Birnbaum
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11226
I’m a therapist, artist, and musician who uses psychodynamic, client-centered and narrative therapy techniques to help clients process trauma, gain insight into their relationships and behaviors, and make lasting positive change in their lives. I have significant experience working with adolescents, adults, artists, LGBTQIA individuals, athletes, and teens with mild to moderate disabilities. I'm interested in working with you if you experience disconnection, depression, anxiety, ADHD, executive functioning difficulties, unmanageable stress, or dissonance between the life you wanted to live and the life you experience each day.
I’m a therapist, artist, and musician who uses psychodynamic, client-centered and narrative therapy techniques to help clients process trauma, gain insight into their relationships and behaviors, and make lasting positive change in their lives. I have significant experience working with adolescents, adults, artists, LGBTQIA individuals, athletes, and teens with mild to moderate disabilities. I'm interested in working with you if you experience disconnection, depression, anxiety, ADHD, executive functioning difficulties, unmanageable stress, or dissonance between the life you wanted to live and the life you experience each day.
(646) 466-7659 View (646) 466-7659
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Zachary Rothwell
PMHNP
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11226
I work with adults struggling with relationship issues, addiction, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Many of my clients are high performers who have become successful despite a difficult childhood. If you are curious how therapy can help you reduce your suffering, improve your relationships, and help you heal from past traumas, I encourage you to reach out for a free consultation. I use elements of EMDR therapy in my approach. I am kink allied and sex positive. I invite you to come as you are. I will respect, support, and encourage you during our time in therapy.
I work with adults struggling with relationship issues, addiction, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Many of my clients are high performers who have become successful despite a difficult childhood. If you are curious how therapy can help you reduce your suffering, improve your relationships, and help you heal from past traumas, I encourage you to reach out for a free consultation. I use elements of EMDR therapy in my approach. I am kink allied and sex positive. I invite you to come as you are. I will respect, support, and encourage you during our time in therapy.
(347) 493-0765 View (347) 493-0765
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Your Therapist, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, CASAC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11226  (Online Only)
Kudos to you! It takes such strength to acknowledge and respond to your needs and therapy is an incredibly effective way of gaining insight to promote self growth and achieve happiness. Our behaviors and day to day interactions with the world and the people in it, as well as how we feel about it, are based on a series of different parts; our thoughts, our experiences and our life events. My aim is to help you navigate difficult events, repair unhealthy interactions and get to the root of the issue; reframing unproductive thoughts and negative experiences so it is no longer hindering and you can become a better you.
Kudos to you! It takes such strength to acknowledge and respond to your needs and therapy is an incredibly effective way of gaining insight to promote self growth and achieve happiness. Our behaviors and day to day interactions with the world and the people in it, as well as how we feel about it, are based on a series of different parts; our thoughts, our experiences and our life events. My aim is to help you navigate difficult events, repair unhealthy interactions and get to the root of the issue; reframing unproductive thoughts and negative experiences so it is no longer hindering and you can become a better you.
(516) 473-0389 View (516) 473-0389
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Hope Services, LLC
Counselor, PhD, LMHC
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Our individual therapies include play, creative arts and talk therapy for children and adolescents struggling with functioning in their families, school, community, and social/interpersonal relationships. Cognitive Behavioral / Behavior Modification interventions are also provided. Hope Services, LLC is located in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, New York. We are a dynamic, innovative, pragmatic and professional outpatient mental health service program with a patient-centered treatment model that is geared toward providing services to the multicultural community within which it operates. With a specialty in providing treatment to children and adolescents (ages 5-18), Hope Services, LLC also accepts and treats adults. We are therefore dedicated to the mental and behavioral healthcare of children, adolescents, adults, families and couples. We offer a safe, therapeutic, comfortable, and respectful environment. Additional Languages Spoken: French, Haitian Creole.
Our individual therapies include play, creative arts and talk therapy for children and adolescents struggling with functioning in their families, school, community, and social/interpersonal relationships. Cognitive Behavioral / Behavior Modification interventions are also provided. Hope Services, LLC is located in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, New York. We are a dynamic, innovative, pragmatic and professional outpatient mental health service program with a patient-centered treatment model that is geared toward providing services to the multicultural community within which it operates. With a specialty in providing treatment to children and adolescents (ages 5-18), Hope Services, LLC also accepts and treats adults. We are therefore dedicated to the mental and behavioral healthcare of children, adolescents, adults, families and couples. We offer a safe, therapeutic, comfortable, and respectful environment. Additional Languages Spoken: French, Haitian Creole.
(347) 609-7854 View (347) 609-7854
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Leo Gonzalez Jr.
Counselor, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11226  (Online Only)
Life comes with challenges and obstacles. Whether you are experiencing conflict in a relationship, or are struggling with overwhelming emotions that cause suffering, you are not alone. It can be difficult to see how great you are during these dark times. I am dedicated to helping YOU become empowered to discover your greatness. Together we will work on learning new coping skills and challenging self-defeating thoughts to accomplish and achieve your goals.
Life comes with challenges and obstacles. Whether you are experiencing conflict in a relationship, or are struggling with overwhelming emotions that cause suffering, you are not alone. It can be difficult to see how great you are during these dark times. I am dedicated to helping YOU become empowered to discover your greatness. Together we will work on learning new coping skills and challenging self-defeating thoughts to accomplish and achieve your goals.
(929) 297-9957 View (929) 297-9957
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Comprehensive Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11226
Immediate Availability: 1199, Healthfirst, and Fidelis. Whether you're struggling with a particular issue or just can't shake the feeling that there should be more to life, we can help by providing you with the insight and tools you need to move beyond current obstacles. Comprehensive Counseling LCSWs is an affiliate company of LearnWell. We are a community based mental health practice where a diverse group of New York State licensed mental health professionals draw from a variety of therapeutic techniques to assist clients in achieving their treatment goals. We provide teletherapy sessions for maximum scheduling flexibility.
Immediate Availability: 1199, Healthfirst, and Fidelis. Whether you're struggling with a particular issue or just can't shake the feeling that there should be more to life, we can help by providing you with the insight and tools you need to move beyond current obstacles. Comprehensive Counseling LCSWs is an affiliate company of LearnWell. We are a community based mental health practice where a diverse group of New York State licensed mental health professionals draw from a variety of therapeutic techniques to assist clients in achieving their treatment goals. We provide teletherapy sessions for maximum scheduling flexibility.
(347) 906-6628 View (347) 906-6628
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Tinh Tran
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11226  (Online Only)
Hello! I am a psychotherapist with over 10 years of working with clients of many sorts of issues including relationship conflicts, identity issues, and intergenerational trauma. My experience as a first generation, child of immigrants helps me better understand clients from a range of diverse backgrounds. I am drawn towards working with individuals, couples, and families that are ready to take an in depth look at themselves.
Hello! I am a psychotherapist with over 10 years of working with clients of many sorts of issues including relationship conflicts, identity issues, and intergenerational trauma. My experience as a first generation, child of immigrants helps me better understand clients from a range of diverse backgrounds. I am drawn towards working with individuals, couples, and families that are ready to take an in depth look at themselves.
(718) 957-2528 View (718) 957-2528
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Lawrence Lovell
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11226  (Online Only)
Over the past 10 years of being in the mental health field providing over 10,000 hours of therapy, what I enjoy most about my work is that it has helped those I serve to increase their awareness and ability to cope with both empowering education and tools to move confidently in all areas of their life. I often tell clients, friends, and family, "we all benefit from support and guidance."
Over the past 10 years of being in the mental health field providing over 10,000 hours of therapy, what I enjoy most about my work is that it has helped those I serve to increase their awareness and ability to cope with both empowering education and tools to move confidently in all areas of their life. I often tell clients, friends, and family, "we all benefit from support and guidance."
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Depression Therapists

What is the goal of therapy for depression?

Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.

What happens in therapy for depression?

Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.

What therapy types help with depression?

Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.

Can therapy for depression be done online?

Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.

How effective is therapy for depression?

Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.